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Increasing Engagement of Front line Employees

Kevin Eikenberry

Yesterday, while facilitating a leadership discussion with a group of managers and owners at a conference for the Lumbermens Merchandising Corporation, the topic of engaging the front line employees came up. ” [.].

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How to Influence People with Your Ideas

Harvard Business Review

In essence, Julie wants to become what I call an "idea entrepreneur" — a person who builds a coordinated effort around a deeply-felt idea with the goal of achieving influence, affecting how people think and behave, and thus making some change in an organization or system. Communication Informal leadership Leadership'

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Breaking the Rules

You're Not the Boss of Me

You’re Not the Boss of Me Skip to content Home About Me About This Blog ← The Language of Leadership in the 21st Century. From this perspective, I think it safe to say that the work of leadership includes breaking rules. As they often say in retail stores about handling merchandise, “ If you break it you own it”.

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Idea Entrepreneur: The New 21st Century Career

Harvard Business Review

The idea entrepreneur is an individual, usually a content expert and often a maverick, whose main goal is to influence how other people think and behave in relation to their cherished topic. The idea entrepreneur gathers people into the development, expression, and application of their idea. They draw other people into their idea.

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PepsiCo’s Chief Design Officer on Creating an Organization Where Design Can Thrive

Harvard Business Review

Our work covers each brand’s visual identity, from the product itself all the way to the marketing and merchandising activities that bring a brand to life across different platforms—music, sports, fashion, and so forth. At the center, we have been developing the key pillars of the design functions.